Chicken-coop.



No. 678,238. Patented luly 9, WOL.

G. W. FUNDERBURGH.'

CHICKEN COOP.

(Applicltinn led Apr. 16, 1901.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. FUNDERBRGH, OF SPRINGVALLEY, OHIO.

CHICKEN-COOP.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 678,238, (lated July 9,1901.

Application filed April 16, 1901. Serial No. 56,126. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. FUNDEE- BURGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springvalley, in the county of Greene and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Attachments for Chicken-Ooops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention bears directly upon disinfecting chicken houses or coops insuch manner as to rid the fowls of lice and vermin and improve thel coopfrom a hygienic standpoint, thus enabling the production of clean andhealthy fowls. I attain these objects by the attachments illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which#- v Figure lis a perspective of achicken-house; Fig. 2, a cross-section of side of .house Fig. 3, across-section of front of house; Fig. 4, a roost; Fig. 5, attachment ofroost to side of house.`

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a represents the opening for the entrance and exit of.fowls, b acone-shaped cup with small vent at c, and d a sponge attached to frontwall directly under cup Z1' and in contact with cup at opening c, saidsponge eX- tending below the top of opening ct.J The cup b is to befilled with petroleum,- carbolic acid, or any liquid disinfectant orcombination of disinfectants, said disinfectant toprun through openingci, and coming in contact with the sponge at this point the latterabsorbs the disinfectant and becomes saturated. The chickens in enteringand Yleaving the house come in cont-act with the lower part of vthesaturated sponge, and in forcing a way g' represents a roost the ends ofwhich are bent down `and so constructed as to fit into stationaryholders, which are attached to the sides of the house. Between the sidesof the house and the roost-holder c andvfastened to the'side of thehouse is a piece of sponge f, sufficiently large to extend above andbelow the end of the roost, as shown in Fig. 2. This sponge is from timeto time saturated with a disinfectant similar to the one used in cup b.Both ends of the roost coming in contact in this manner with athoroughly-disinfected sponge, it makes it impossible for lice or othervermin of -like nature to reach the fowls by crawling up the walls andonto the perch or roost. To the top side of the roost bits ot sponge orother porous substance is fastened and disinfected by applying the samekind of disinfectant before mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

An attachment for coops consisting of a roost having its ends bent downat right an'- gles, said roost having on its upper surface a porousmaterial adapted to absorb and hold a disinfectant, stationary holdersattached to opposite walls of the coop and adapted toreceive theturned-down ends of the roost, porous material attached to the walls ofthe coop and extending behind the stationary holders and adapted toabsorb and hold a disinfectant coming in contact with the porousmaterial on the roost.

In testimony whereof I aixrny signature lin presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE W. FUNDERBURGH. Witnesses: W. V. LUCE, EVALINE LUCE.

